Language:
Polish
Year of publication:
1998
Titel der Quelle:
BZIH
Angaben zur Quelle:
188 (1998) 20-33
Keywords:
Kolbe, Maximilian,
;
Antisemitism History 1800-2000
;
Jews Periodicals
Abstract:
Analyzes the Jewish themes in two Catholic journals published by the Niepokalanów monastery near Warsaw. Kolbe (1894-1941) was the head of the monastery and as such he was responsible for its publications. The monthly journal "Rycerz Niepokalanej" ("Knight of the Immaculate") was founded by Kolbe in 1922, and he was its editor-in-chief. The journal considered liberals, Freemasons, socialists, communists, and Jews as the main enemies of Catholicism. The Jews were accused of manipulating the other groups for their own aim - a conspiracy to conquer the world. An ideology of materialism was perceived as common to these groups which threatened Christian faith. "Mały Dziennik" ("Small Daily"), the cheapest Polish Catholic daily, was published in the second half of the 1930s; Kolbe was its supervisor. Jews were presented there in a very stereotypical way, as strangers in Poland and as the symbol of evil. The paper spread belief in the Jewish world conspiracy. It advocated the emigration of Jews from Poland, but not to Palestine which was a holy place for Christians.
Note:
Kolbe was the editor of two antisemitic journals.
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